Tottenham Hotspur midfielder Rodrigo Bentancur has been handed a seven-game ban and a £100,000 fine by the English Football Association for using abusive language and bringing the game into disrepute during an interview on Uruguayan TV.

In a written submission in his defence on behalf of the player, Tottenham claimed: "Rodrigo's reply was sarcastic and a gentle rebuke for the journalist calling Sonny ‘The Korean’. Rodrigo does not believe that all Koreans ‘look more or less the same’.

Tottenham’s Rodrigo Bentancur was today given a seven-match domestic ban by the Football Association over an alleged racist remark made about teammate

Rodrigo Bentancur has been banned for seven games and fined £100,000 by the FA for alleged racist comments made about team-mate Heung-Min Son in an interview.It was alleged that the Tottenham

Tottenham midfielder Rodrigo Bentancur has been given a seven-match ban for an alleged racist remark made about South Korean teammate Son Heung-min in a TV interview. Bentancur, 27, was charged by the Football Association on 12 September after an interview on the Uruguayan TV channel Canal 10 in June that showed the midfielder being asked by the host to show the shirt of a Spurs player.

Rodrigo Bentancur has been banned for seven games and fined £100,000 by the FA for alleged racist comments made about team-mate Heung-Min Son in an interview. It was alleged that the Tottenham midfielder breached FA Rule E3.1 as he “acted in an improper manner and/or used abusive and/or insulting words and/or brought the game into disrepute”.

Tottenham Hotspur midfielder has been handed a seven-game ban and a £100,000 fine by the English Football Association for using abusive language and bringing the game into disrepute during an interview on Uruguayan TV.